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ascesis [ascesis 词源字典]: "The practice of severe self-discipline, typically for religious reasons", Late 19th century: from Greek askēsis 'training', from askein 'to exercise'.[ascesis etymology, ascesis origin, 英语词源]
alveolectomy: "Excision of the alveolus of a tooth or (part of) the alveolar process of a jawbone; an instance of this", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in American Journal Dental Science. From alveolo- + -ectomy.
ad arbitrium: "At or according to one's will or pleasure; as one pleases; arbitrarily", Mid 17th cent. From classical Latin ad arbitrium at will from ad at + arbitrium.
atomistical: "= atomistic 2", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in William Darrell (1651–1721), Jesuit. From atomist + -ical.
abluted: "That has been washed clean", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Tobias Venner (1577–1660), physician and medical writer. Originally from classical Latin ablūtus, past participle of abluere to wash off or away + -ed.
adelpholite: "A mineral containing iron, manganese, niobium, and other elements, subsequently identified with samarskite", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in American Journal of Science. From ancient Greek ἀδελϕός brother + -lite, after Swedish adelfolit, adelpholit or German Adelpholith; so called with reference to a perceived close similarity of the mineral to samarskite.
alimentation: "The provision of nourishment or other necessities of life", Late 16th century (in the sense 'maintenance, support'): from medieval Latin alimentatio(n-), from late Latin alimentare 'to feed', from alimentum 'nourishment' (see aliment).
amplexicaul: "(Of a leaf) embracing and surrounding the stem", Mid 18th century: from modern Latin amplexicaulis, from Latin amplexus 'embrace' + caulis 'stem'.
arthropathy: "Disease of the joints; an instance of this", Mid 19th cent. From arthro- + -pathy, after French arthropathie.
astronautic: "= astronautical", 1950s; earliest use found in Troy (New York) Record. From astronaut + -ic.
anterograde: "Directed forwards in time", Late 19th century: from anterior, on the pattern of retrograde.
algid: "Cold, chilly; freezing, frozen; frigid", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Cockeram (fl. 1623–1658), lexicographer. From classical Latin algidus cold from algēre to be cold (of unknown origin) + -idus.
ascidian: "A sea squirt", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin plural Ascidia (genus name), from Greek askidion, diminutive of askos 'wineskin'.
adrenalectomize: "To perform adrenalectomy on", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Archives of Internal Medicine. From adrenalectomy + -ize.
adustion: " Medicine . The state of the humours of being adust; the process of becoming adust. Now historical", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From Middle French adustion (French (now rare) adustion) state of the humours of being adust, action or process of burning and its etymon classical Latin adustiōn-, adustiō action or process of burning, state of being burnt, (in medical use) burn, heatstroke, sunstroke, in post-classical Latin also cauterization, (of humours) process of becoming adust from adust-, past participial stem of adūrere + -iō.
acicularly: "In the manner of needles or aciculae; in needle-shaped forms", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Kirwan (1733–1812), chemist and mineralogist. From acicular + -ly.
alcogel: "A gel in which the liquid constituent is an alcohol; a gelatinous suspension dispersed in an alcohol", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Graham (1805–1869), chemist. From alco- + gel-. Compare alcosol.
ablator: " Astronautics and Materials Sci. A protective surface layer (e.g. in a rocket engine) made of a material which ablates readily when heated and so reduces the transfer of external heat to the underlying material", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher, jurist, and reformer. From ablate + -or.
agenesis: "Failure of development, or incomplete development, of a part of the body", Early 19th cent. From a- + genesis, after French agénésie.
agitatrix: "†(a) A female agent. Obsolete . (b) A female agitator", Mid 17th cent. From classical Latin agitātrīx (with reference to the soul) agitator (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius), in post-classical Latin also female person (or goddess) who agitates, feminine form corresponding to agitātor; from agitāt-, past participial stem of agitāre + -trīx.